"I think that New Mexico was the greatest experience from the outside world that I ever had.
It certainly changed me forever ... The moment I saw the brilliant proud morning (sun) shine high up over the deserts of Santa Fe,
something stood still in my soul."
~D.H. Lawrence

Thursday, May 20, 2010

On Sunday, May 16, we went to Albuquerque early in the morning to attend a rally in which Sarah and Todd Palin appeard with Susana Martinez, Republican candidate for governor of New Mexico, where Sarah endorsed Susana's candidacy.

Sarah's speech was vintage Palin, with the usual conservative message full of optimism and enthusiasm and toughness and excitement for the future.

It was a big media event, with over 1,000 enthusiastic Martinez supporters in attendance, and we were far enough back in the crowd that we didn't get a great view OR a chance to meet Sarah Palin personally, but John was able to get some good pictures.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

On Weds. May 12, about 100 New Mexico tea party activists gathered at the New Mexico state capitol building. A committee of five people delivered a stack of nearly 4,000 petition signatures from all over the state to Gray King, the New Mexico attorney general, to ask him to get New Mexico into the lawsuit asking the courts to overturn the Obama health care bill as unconstitutional. (There are alreaady 21 states participating in the lawsuit.) The attorney general's response was that he is "still looking at it."

After their meeting with the AG, the committee returned to the west front of the Roundhouse where a press conference and rally was held.

It was a brilliantly sunny New Mexico day, but the wind was brisk and chilly. Spirits, however, were high. I met tea party people from all over the state: Albuquerque, the East Mountains, Clovis, Los Lunas, Farmington, and of course Santa Fe.

Now we await some decision from the Attorney General. As one of the committee members, attorney Randy Bevis told the crowd, "WE have a deadline ~~ November 2."

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Miles Littlefield from the Santa Fe Tea Party was the emcee of the press conference:

John, Kathy, Sherry, and Fran at the sign table:

Adam Kokesh, candidate for U.S. Congress, talking to voters:

Char Tierney from the East Mountain Tea Party being interviewed by the media:

Sylvia Bokor, president of the Albuquerque Tea Party, addresses the crowd: